Get ready for this week’s Nathaniel MG Cup draws

Draws for the first and second round of the 2025/26 Nathaniel MG Cup will be shown live this week.

Both regionalised into Northern and Southern sections, they will be broadcast on RedWall+ at 8pm on Wednesday 25 June.

28 clubs will enter the competition in Round One – 12 from the JD Cymru North, 14 from the JD Cymru South and this season’s two wildcards Cardiff City and Swansea City.

The 12 JD Cymru Premier clubs are granted byes into the second round, alongside six tier two clubs based on their finishing positions in 2024/25 – Newtown, Airbus UK Broughton, Holywell Town and Llandudno in the Northern section and Aberystwyth Town and Trethomas Bluebirds in the Southern section.

The first round of the Nathaniel MG Cup takes place across the weekend of 18-20 July, before the second round takes place across the weekend of 1-3 August.

Ball numbers for Round One draw (Northern section)

1 Brickfield Rangers
2 Buckley Town
3 Caersws
4 Denbigh Town
5 Flint Mountain
6 Gresford Athletic
7 Guilsfield
8 Holyhead Hotspur
9 Mold Alexandra
10 Penrhyncoch
11 Rhyl 1879
12 Ruthin Town

Ball numbers for Round Two draw (Northern section)

1 Airbus UK Broughton
2 Bala Town
3 Caernarfon Town
4 Colwyn Bay
5 Connah’s Quay Nomads
6 Flint Town United
7 Holywell Town
8 Llandudno
9 Newtown
10 The New Saints
Numbers 11-16 will be allocated to the Round One ties after the first round draw

NATHANIEL MG CUP (ALSO WELSH LEAGUE CUP OR CYMRU LEAGUE CUP) ROLL OF HONOUR

1992–93: Afan Lido 1-1 Caersws (Afan Lido won 4–3 on penalties)
1993–94: Afan Lido 1-0 Bangor City
1994–95: Llansantffraid 2-1 Ton Pentre
1995–96: Connah’s Quay Nomads 1-0 Ebbw Vale
1996–97: Barry Town 2-2 Bangor City (Barry Town won 4–2 on penalties)
1997–98: Barry Town 1-1 Bangor City (Barry Town won 5–4 on penalties)
1998–99: Barry Town 3-0 Caernarfon Town
1999–2000: Barry Town 6-0 Bangor City
2000–01: Caersws 2-0 Barry Town
2001–02: Caersws 2-1 Cwmbran Town
2002–03: Rhyl 2-2 Bangor City (Rhyl won 4–3 on penalties)
2003–04: Rhyl 4-0 Carmarthen Town
2004–05: Carmarthen Town 2-0 (aet) Rhyl
2005–06: Total Network Solutions 4-0 Port Talbot Town
2006–07: Caersws 1-1 Rhyl (Caersws won 3–1 on penalties)
2007–08: Llanelli 2-0 Rhyl
2008–09: The New Saints 2-0 Bangor City
2009–10: The New Saints 3-1 Rhyl
2010–11: The New Saints 4-3 (aet) Llanelli
2011–12: Afan Lido 1-1 Newtown (Afan Lido won 3–2 on penalties)
2012–13: Carmarthen Town 3-3 The New Saints (Carmarthen Town won 3–1 on penalties)
2013–14: Carmarthen Town 0-0 Bala Town (Carmarthen Town won 3–1 on penalties)
2014–15: The New Saints 3-0 Bala Town
2015–16: The New Saints 2-0 Denbigh Town
2016–17: The New Saints 4-0 Barry Town United
2017–18: The New Saints 1-0 Cardiff Met University
2018–19: Cardiff Met University 2-0 Cambrian & Clydach Vale
2019–20: Connah’s Quay Nomads 3-0 STM Sports
2020–21 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22: Connah’s Quay Nomads 0-0 Cardiff Met (Nomads won 10-9 on penalties)
2022-23: Bala Town 0-0 Connah’s Quay Nomads (Bala won 4-3 on penalties)
2023-24: The New Saints 5-1 Swansea City Under-21s
2024-25: The New Saints 1-0 Aberystwyth Town

WINS

11 – The New Saints
4 – Barry Town
3 – Connah’s Quay Nomads, Caersws, Carmarthen Town, Afan Lido
2 – Rhyl FC
1 – Bala Town, Llanelli, Cardiff Met University